¹⁴ If anyone does not obey our ^[a]instruction ^[b](A)in this letter, take special note of that person ^[c](B)and do not associate with him, so that he will be ^(C)put to shame.

^12 (A)Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they ^(B)slander you as evildoers, they may ^[a]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, ^(C)glorify God ^(D)in the day of ^[b]visitation.